First, the facts. An average office employee works for only 15 minutes before becoming distracted. More than 53 percent people waste about an hour or more a day because of disruptions. I am sure none of these come as a surprise to you. We all experience it. We may not be able to time the “waste [...]

Picture this: You’re in the ‘zone’ at work, nailing that report like a true champ. Suddenly you’re always-on smartphone beeps with a Facebook notification. Then you get an email from that dating service you’ve been using, letting you know someone (finally) swiped right. Read [...]

Recently, a survey by Right Management, the global career experts within ManpowerGroup, revealed that work-life balance is the number one career aspiration for around 45% of respondents. One would think that a better role, salary or title would top the list. This is certainly a positive change as [...]

Millions of U.S. workers could become eligible for overtime pay under an expected federal proposal that would change labor law, but business leaders warn that the additional rules would be costly and burdensome. For White Castle restaurants, where the average hourly employee makes $9.78 per hour, [...]

As a leader or a manager who is tasked to supervise the work of others and get maximum output from them, you must have experienced many a times that people don’t always do what you want them to do. They will – if you are lucky, and then only few times – miss deadlines, procrastinate, [...]

Whether you are a working professional or running your own business, your time is your most valuable asset. But how many times do we look back at the day with a feeling that nothing much was achieved? The clock keepsticking but you are not able to tick the items on your to-do list. Thanks to the [...]

One would think that with the rise of technology, productivity would increase too. However, as Robert Solow, Nobel laureate in economics pointed out, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” If one looks deeply, one can see overwhelming processes trying to [...]